Families of students who will attend Portland public high schools this fall learned more about a new metro bus plan Tuesday night in Deering.

The open house provided details and answered questions about how the METRO bus will work for students.

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Many of the parents expressed concerns about the safety of the new bus routes, but Greg Jordan, the general manager of Greater Portland Metro bus, said the skills the students will learn from the bus route will help them in the future.

“I think we’re looking to build the next generation of transit riders, and this is a great way to do it,” he said. “I’ve been involved in these kind of programs in the past, and it really does work, I think, for the students and gives them a great deal of freedom and independence and responsibility to kind of navigate their own life to get the school using transit.”

Families of students have two more opportunities to ask questions and learn more about the new METRO plan.

Open houses will be held at Casco Bay High School on Wednesday and at Portland High School on June 17.